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Reuters: The world's tropical forests are less likely to lose biomass, or plant material, this century due to the effects of global warming than previously thought, scientists said in a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience on Sunday.
This adds to growing evidence that rainforests might be more resilient to the effects of climate change than feared.
Tropical forests play an important role in the world's climate system because they soak up carbon dioxide and use it to grow leaves, branches......
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Evidence grows of rainforest resilience to global warming
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 10th, 2013
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